James Webb Space Telescope investigates the origins of 'failed stars' in the Flame Nebula
"The goal of this project was to explore the fundamental low-mass limit of the star and brown dwarf formation process."
Webb Telescope Unveils Elusive Brown Dwarfs in the Flame Nebula
The Flame Nebula, located 1,400 light-years from Earth, is a region where many stars are forming and is less than a million years old. Among these stars are “brown dwarfs,” also known as “failed stars.”
Webb peers deeper into mysterious Flame Nebula to find 'failed stars'
The Flame Nebula, located about 1,400 light-years away from Earth, is a hotbed of star formation less than 1 million years old. Within the Flame Nebula, there are objects so small that their cores will never be able to fuse hydrogen like full-fledged stars—brown dwarfs.
James Webb captures a stunning view of the dreamy Flame Nebula
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape reminiscent of the hat's wide brim, the galaxy, also known as Messier 104, has outer rings that are clearly visible for the first time.
Rogue exoplanet or failed star? James Webb Space Telescope looks into a new cosmic case
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate the atmosphere of a cosmic body that is either a "failed star" brown dwarf or a rogue planet.
NASA's Full Color Images From The James Webb Space Telescope!
NASA has released the first full-spectrum images from the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing unprecedented details of deep space! These breathtaking images showcase galaxies, nebulae, and distant exoplanets in ways we've never seen before.
Webb telescope spots curious objects that aren't stars, or planets
Astronomers used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to sleuth out some of these objects, called brown dwarfs, in a vibrant star-forming region of our galaxy called the Flame Nebula. Brown dwarfs ...
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The story behind the cosmic image on a new US stamp
Over 50,000 submissions are made for images on U.S. stamps every year, and out of those, about 40 are turned into real stamps ...
A Star’s Tiny Wobble Just Revealed a Massive Planet That Shouldn’t Exist
Gaia, a mission designed to map stars, has accidentally become a planet hunter. Using precise astrometry, it detected stellar ...
Webb telescope zooms in on object free-flying through the galaxy
Astronomers used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to peer into this object flying by itself through our Milky Way ...
Mysterious cosmic body is a rogue ‘Super-Jupiter’
Previous examinations using ground-based tools as well as the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes indicated SIMP 0136 was ...
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Hubble finds that aging brown dwarfs grow lonely
Brown dwarfs are interstellar objects larger than Jupiter but smaller than the lowest-mass stars. They are born like stars—out of a cloud of gas and dust that collapses—but do not have enough ...
It's twins! Mystery of famed brown dwarf solved
Brown dwarfs are lighter than stars, and heavier than gas giants like Jupiter. And while astronomers had measured the ...